Treatment Plan

We are still unsure of the treatment plan that we are going to do. Today we were given 2 options, both of which do not give a chance of cure or remission, the purpose of these would be to keep his cancer from spreading further. As of today, there is no cure, but we are determined to raise awareness on ACC and treatment options. We keep reminding ourselves that there once was limited options for breast cancer too. The first option is a pill most commonly given for pin worms (so not funny) I told Ryan if he took that and started scratching his butt on the carpet we were gonna have big problems-tear - tear :( The other option is systemic chemo called the Italian Protocol. This is a combination of 3 different chemo drugs given together. Both have definate pros and cons. Ryan started the pills tonight to start with until we visit with our oncologist at home on Tuesday. This was a lot to take in today and we definately need some time to ponder.

CT Results

Ryan had his CT done this morning in Michigan City instead of Chicago since the weather has been so bad here, and the staff of University of Chicago has been a nightmare. The mass on his adrenal bed has not changed in size. The radiologist confirmed that Ryan has metastisis to his liver and the 3 lesions have increased in size since his last scan 6 weeks ago. They also found 2 additional lesions on the liver. Thanks to the great staff at University of Michigan, they were able to scramble and get us in to see Dr Hammer and Dr Worden tomorrow at 12n. We will leave first thing in the morning to head to Michigan. We will then know what the plan is for treatment. What a relief to know that we are again back in competent caring hands.

We are looking forward to coming home on Saturday! As soon as we know the treatment plan we will update you all.

Counting Down the Days

We are scheduled to come home one week from today, and we are sooooooo excited. Ryan has his CT in Wednesday, and we will return to the Dr on Thursday to get the results. We are hopeful that this treatment will work and life will continue on hectic and wild :) with trips back and forth from Idaho to Chicago every other week!
We sent Diane off yesterday to head home. We all have missed her today, but are so glad she was able to come and see us. Oprah was awesome!! The show will air on Wednesday. We didnt see the cameras pan into the audience, but if you watch we are sitting behind Oprah 3 rows up in the aisle seat. What an amazing experience. Celine was amazing and Oprah and her staff truly seem to be of the giving type. We were not able to personally meet them, but the experience was awesome!
We are both looking forward to being able to return back to work with all of you that we enjoy so much. Life has not been the same without our extended families-we miss you all!!!
Ciao for now! I will post results as soon as we have them. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers as we move forward into this week. It is definately nerve racking, but we are taking one day at a time and praying that Thursday will bring us good news!
Love to you all!